Scotty
Scotty is given to both girls and boys: 28 girls and 131 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,861 among girls’ names and #1,399 among boys’, #2,597 among all names counting both); 19,389 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,300 Americans named Scotty and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 42 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Scotty by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Scotty mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Scotty is “a diminutive of the male given name Scott.”
From Scott + -y.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Scotty?
#1,399 among boys’ names, 2025
Scotty rose from #2,951 in 2015 to #1,399 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 20.9 to 76.7 per million.
1,133 babies in 1971, the peak
Scotty peaked in 1971, when 1,133 babies were given it (1,118 boys, #210 among boys’ names). The 159 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 14% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,399 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 93 | #1,774 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,092 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,744 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,963 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,192 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,091 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,427 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,111 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,049 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #2,951 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,288 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,174 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,443 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,498 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,001 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,246 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,178 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,362 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,218 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,228 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,093 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,925 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,784 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,755 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,568 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,484 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,365 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,545 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,223 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,030 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 123 | #1,000 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 171 | #807 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 184 | #767 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 151 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 197 | #725 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 183 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 212 | #651 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 227 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 260 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 284 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 275 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 312 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 415 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 419 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1980 | 446 | #384 | 0.25 |
| 1979 | 515 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1978 | 386 | #394 | 0.24 |
| 1977 | 416 | #384 | 0.25 |
| 1976 | 447 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1975 | 563 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1974 | 605 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1973 | 694 | #270 | 0.45 |
| 1972 | 757 | #260 | 0.47 |
| 1971 | 1,118 | #210 | 0.63 |
| 1970 | 574 | #330 | 0.31 |
| 1969 | 607 | #308 | 0.34 |
| 1968 | 585 | #313 | 0.34 |
| 1967 | 572 | #308 | 0.33 |
| 1966 | 525 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1965 | 433 | #371 | 0.23 |
| 1964 | 419 | #389 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 371 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1962 | 382 | #411 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 306 | #463 | 0.14 |
| 1960 | 282 | #473 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 229 | #519 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 237 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 180 | #576 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 176 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 165 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 142 | #619 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 140 | #614 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 120 | #641 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 122 | #642 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 120 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 90 | #727 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 77 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 88 | #735 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 83 | #721 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 60 | #807 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 56 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 50 | #949 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 48 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 80 | #690 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 58 | #828 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 45 | #941 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 43 | #976 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,071 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,162 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,278 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,737 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,099 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,902 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,459 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,424 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,463 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,460 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,450 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,099 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,658 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,456 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,303 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Scotty a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 19,389 Americans recorded as Scotty, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Scotty: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Scotty, and how old are they?
16,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 19,389 Americans ever recorded as Scotty. The median Scotty alive today is 52 years old; half are between 42 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 12,750 people named Scotty (216 women and girls, 12,534 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 16,600 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 181 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,710 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,230 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,430 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 966 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 814 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Scotty born?
The states with the most babies named Scotty are Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Kentucky are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,679 | #1,210 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 1,381 | #911 | 3.3× |
| Kentucky | 1,181 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| North Carolina | 1,121 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 986 | #1,331 | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 913 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Louisiana | 797 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Arkansas | 780 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| California | 727 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 603 | #793 | 2.3× |
Where Scotty is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Scotty is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1915 it was given 3.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Scotty with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 37,363 babies since 1880, Scotty is the most given (52% of them). In 2025 it was given to 159 of their 2,649 babies (6.0%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Scotty
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Scotty and names like it
- Compare Scotty and ScottieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sScotty peaked in 1971.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Scotty since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Scotty.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Scotty alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.